The High Line Blog

Teen staff reflect on that day's work with High Line Educator Gahl Shottan. Photo by Rowa Lee
On June 26, Friends of the High Line will celebrate the graduation of the Green Corps class of 2014 with a
Garden Party. In anticipation of this year’s program coming to an end, Green Corps L...
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The foxtail lily, Eremurus stenophyllus, is an iconic late-spring bloom at the High Line. Photo by Friends of the High Line
The High Line’s planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the 1980s. Today, the High L...
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If you’ve walked to the High Line’s southernmost tip, you’ve likely noticed the abrupt – yet visually captivating – way the park ends. Long ago, during the years that freight trains still chugged along these elevated tracks, the High Line cut a straight path all the way down to St....
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Great Museums has created a new documentary about the High Line, Elevated Thinking: The High Line in New York City. The piece details the remarkable transformation of the High Line and the people who made it possible.
Elevated Thinking debuts this June on your local PBS station. New Yorker...
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In addition to being an important crop, purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) is a particularly handsome plant. Photo by Friends of the High Line
The High Line’s planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the...
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An installation view of Carol Bove's High Line Commission Caterpillar installed on the High Line at the Rail Yards in 2013. Photo by Timothy Schenck.
Friends of the High Line founded High Line Art in 2009 with the opening of the first section of the High Line. The mission of High Line Art is ...
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Joel Sternfeld, Fallen Billboard, November 2000. Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York.
"As soon as Joel saw it, he took me aside and said, 'I want to do this. Don’t let anyone else up here for a year. I will give you beautiful photos.'" – High Line Co-Founder Ro...
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High Line Educator Karen Lew Biney-Amissah makes history fun for a group of students. Photo by Rowa Lee
Long before the High Line was a forgone conclusion, Friends of the High Line staff learned a valuable lesson about the power of programming from our very first landlords. In 2002, Josh Davi...
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Julian Plyter of Melt Bakery talks with High Line visitors. Photo by Armando Rafael Photography
Melt Bakery was one of the first vendors selected for the High Line Food program, and Melt's decadent, locally sourced ice-cream sandwiches have become park staples. As part of our High Line anniversa...
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The wild legacy of the High Line's landscape is on full display in the summer, when the planting beds are a frenzy of green . Photo by Beverly Israely
The High Line was made by nature when the trains stopped running, and designer Piet Oudolf and the landscape architects of James Corner Field Op...
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